# Rush Limbaugh Has Lung Cancer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 3, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443 "2020-02-03T21:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/21 "2020-02-03T22:02:16Z")
There is a big difference between wishing harm on someone and refusing to show sympathy for someone who himself had no sympathy for others. I do not, and never did, wish cancer on Lombaugh, or anyone else (not that my wish makes any difference). I do acknowledge that Limbaugh never gave a damn about the suffering of anyone else, and I think he deserves the same. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/22 "2020-02-03T22:04:12Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Problem is, I’m an atheist, so I just have the thoughts, and this isn’t the Pit, so I can’t have those either. I’m an atheist too! And when I say “thoughts and prayers” I mean it just as much as anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/23 "2020-02-03T22:07:04Z")
Huh, I guess being overweight, a smoker, and an opiate addict throughout your life isn’t good for you, even if you are rich. I don’t wish a long and painful illness on anybody, so I’ll be praying he dies quickly and from something unrelated, like a bus. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/24 "2020-02-03T22:10:41Z")
Well, if his circumstances force him to start manufacturing meth, at least he’ll be engaged in a less odious trade than he currently practices. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/25 "2020-02-03T22:11:41Z")
He seemed to live life as he wanted, and he seemed to greatly enjoy it. Not much more you can ask out of life. Or at least that’s how he portrayed himself, but who knows how he was personally behind the image. ---
**Author:** ![Unreconstructed\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/76d3ee/32.png) [@Unreconstructed\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unreconstructed_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/26 "2020-02-03T22:19:02Z")
Fuck Rush Limbaugh. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/27 "2020-02-03T22:22:22Z")
Thus saith the Lord, it would appear. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/28 "2020-02-03T22:25:22Z")
> [@eenerms](#): > > Whether you like him or not, there is nothing ‘good’ about cancer. I’m not a fan of Nadler but I wouldn’t say good about his wife’s cancer. Is the world a much, much better place without Nadler’s wife in it? I don’t really know anything about her. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/29 "2020-02-03T22:31:11Z")
I hope his insurance decides it’s a pre-existing condition and refuses to pay for his chemo. ---
**Author:** ![Noelq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noelq/32/16438_2.png) [@Noelq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noelq)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/30 "2020-02-03T22:44:03Z")
I will be saddened for his passing. He brought a lot of sorely needed education to people, brought an opinion regarding politics that has been absolutely brilliant and insightful to many many issues, and has brought a whole lot of good to this world. I will miss him very much. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/31 "2020-02-03T22:55:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I hope his insurance decides it’s a pre-existing condition and refuses to pay for his chemo. He’s like a billionaire, he could probably pay for that not just ‘out of pocket’, but out of his change pocket of his suit he wear to the chemo. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/32 "2020-02-03T23:01:59Z")
Tots and pears. He smoked like a chimney for years; he knew the risks. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/33 "2020-02-03T23:10:44Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > He was a long term cigar smoker. > > I wish him all the sympathy he showed others suffering the consequences of their addictions. Ditto ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/34 "2020-02-03T23:11:34Z")
> [@Noelq](#): > > He brought a lot of sorely needed education to people, brought an opinion regarding politics that has been absolutely brilliant and insightful to many many issues, and has brought a whole lot of good to this world. No he didn’t, no he absolutely did not, and no fucking way in hell did he do any such thing. As for the sentimental bookends about being sad and missing him, I’ll take your word for it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/35 "2020-02-03T23:18:09Z")
> [@kanicbird](#): > > He’s like a billionaire, he could probably pay for that not just ‘out of pocket’, but out of his change pocket of his suit he wear to the chemo. Well then, we’ll just have to hope the doctor’s religious beliefs prohibit him from condoning the immoral act of smoking by providing him with treatment. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/36 "2020-02-03T23:28:08Z")
> [@Noelq](#): > > I will be saddened for his passing. He brought a lot of sorely needed education to people, brought an opinion regarding politics that has been absolutely brilliant and insightful to many many issues, and has brought a whole lot of good to this world. I will miss him very much. no, this thread is about Rush Limbaugh. not sure who you are thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/37 "2020-02-03T23:51:24Z")
Video of Rush Limbaugh mocking Michael J. Fox, for those concerned with propriety. Cancer sucks- it took my mother - but Parkinson’s took my grandfather, so not too sure how much empathy I need to give this man. > ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/38 "2020-02-03T23:55:55Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > no, this thread is about Rush Limbaugh. not sure who you are thinking of. Oh, I like this one. I also second the idea upstairs that this gives Limbaugh a chance to be “truly sorry and to humbly repent” and to do what he can to remove the stains he has left upon this country. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/39 "2020-02-03T23:56:13Z")
> [@Unreconstructed\_Man](#): > > Fuck Rush Limbaugh. Who would want to?!?!? Anyone remember when he was caught with Viagra while entering the Dominican Republic? I doubt he was planning to use it with consenting adults, let’s just say that much. I do remember when he first went nationwide, and his show was quite entertaining. This was when he had Condom Updates (theme song: “Up Up And Away”) and Caller Abortions, to the “tune” of a kitchen garbage disposal. However, within a couple years, he went off the rails and stayed there. When the time comes, de mortuis nil nisi bonum. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443/40 "2020-02-03T23:56:52Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Video of Rush Limbaugh mocking Michael J. Fox, for those concerned with propriety. Cancer sucks- it took my mother - but Parkinson’s took my grandfather, so not too sure how much empathy I need to give this man. > > [https://twitter.com/avenaim/status/1224475781776044032?s=19](https://twitter.com/avenaim/status/1224475781776044032?s=19) None whatsoever. My mother and sister both died of cancer; it doesn’t mean I have to have any empathy for this asshole. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rush-limbaugh-has-lung-cancer/847443.md?page=3)